It is a shame really. Declarative programming is so much simpler to think about and extremely powerful. I've been working on trying to make declarative programming more accessible and while I personally have seen 60x improvements in ability, I have been unable to convince any of my teammates to give it a whirl.
It is a library that works with any language, no need to learn a new one. Two people can even work on the same problem in different languages and seamlessly combine their work into one result.